Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
_haspe_, windlass, reel; _haspevinde_
capstan of a ship.
{Hastif, Hastyf,} hasty, C. 520.
{Hastyfly, Hastyly,} hastily, quickly, B. 200, 1150.
Hat, call, B. 448. A.S. _hátan_, to call.
{Hatel, Hattel,} anger, B. 200; fierce, B. 227; keen, sharp, C. 367,
481. S.Saxon _hatel_, _hetel_, keen, sharp, bitter. A.S. _hétel_,
fierce. O.Sax. _hatol_. A.S. _atol_, dire, cruel.
Hatere, clothing, garments, B. 33. A.S. _hætern_, _hæter_, clothing,
apparel.
Haþel, man, literally noble, A. 676; B. 27, 409, 1597. A.S. _æthele_,
noble; _ætheling_, a ruler, man.
“Homer was holden _haithill_ of dedis.” --(T. B. 38.)
Hatte, is called, B. 926; C. 35.
Haunte, practise, C. 15. Fr. _hanter_, frequent, haunt, literally, to
follow a certain course.
Haueke, hawk, B. 537.
Hauen, haven, port, B. 420.
Hauyng, condition, behaviour, A. 450, 754.
Haylsed, saluted, A. 238; B. 612, 814. See _Halse_. See T. B. 1792.
Hayre, heir, B. 666.
Hayreȝ, shirts of horse-hair, hair-cloth, sack-cloth, C. 373. A.S.
_héra_.
Haȝerly, fitly, properly, B. 18. This word occurs in the Ormulum under
_haȝherrlike_. O.N. _hægr_, dexter, facilis. Dan. _haage_, to
please; _haagelig_, agreeable, acceptable.
Hede, notice, A. 1051.
Hef, heaved, raised, C. 219.
Heke = eke, also, A. 210.
Helde, bend to, come to, B. 1330. A.S. _healdan_; _hyldan_, incline,
lean to. Dan. _helde_.
Helde, _adv._ willingly, A. 1193; _in helde_, in mind, in purpose,
disposed, B. 1520.
Helded, approached, B. 39.
Heldeȝ, goes, walks, B. 678.
“Þir brether _helid_ ai forth þair wai
Þat to þair fader ful suith com þai.”
--(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 29b.)
Hele, safety, C. 335; health, B. 1099; pleasure, A. 16. A.S. _hél_.
Helle-hole, B. 223.
Hellen, of hell, C. 306.
Helme, C. 149.
Hem, them, C. 180.
Hemme, border, A. 1001.
Hende, gracious, B. 612; C. 398; pleasant, B. 1083. Norse _hendt_,
adapted; _hendug_. Dan. _hændig_, handy, dextrous. Cf. _hendly_,
T. B. 1792.
Hendelayk, mildness, civility, B. 860. Hard-_laike_ occurs in T. B.
2213.
{Heng, Henge,} hang, B. 1584, 1734.
Hens, hence, C. 204.
{Hent, Hente,} take, seize, receive, A. 388, 669; B. 151, 376, 883,
1150. O.N. _henda_. A.S. _hentan_.
Hepe, heap, company. B. 1775.
Her, their, A. 888.
Here, heir, B. 52.
“Bede his doughter come downe and his _dere heire_.” (T. B. 389.)
Here, hair, A. 210.
Here, company, B. 409, 902. T. B. 6253. A.S. _here_, an army, host,
etc.
Hered, honoured, B. 1086. A.S. _hérian_, to praise, commend.
{Herken, Herkne,} hearken, B. 193, 458.
Herneȝ, brains, A. 58. O.N. _hjarni_. Sw. _hjerna_.
Herneȝ = erneȝ, eagles, B. 537.
Hert, heart, B. 1723.
Hertte, hart, B. 391, 535.
Heruest, harvest, B. 523.
Hery, honour, praise, B. 1527. See _hered_.
{Herytage, Heritage,} A. 417; B. 652.
Herȝe, harry, B. 1179, 1294; drag out, C. 178. Sc. _herry_; _harry_,
rob, spoil, pillage.
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